Planches Contact Festival

The 17th edition of the Planches Contact Festival runs from October 17, 2026, to January 3, 2027, across Les Franciscaines, the beach, the seafront, and throughout the city of Deauville, centered on the theme of "Generations." It brings together sixteen international photographers who were invited for residencies in Normandy between February and July 2026; their work will be displayed both outdoors and inside Les Franciscaines. Open Tuesday through Sunday: Les Franciscaines from 10:30 AM to 6:30 PM, and Le Point de Vue from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM to 6:30 PM. Online ticketing via the Les Franciscaines website is expected to open in September 2026; please note that reservations cannot be made by phone or email.

Photographers in Residence

• Ed Alcock — "The Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary," a family investigation between the Isle of Wight and Deauville
• Cristina De Middel (Magnum) — "Génération Z Les Atomiques de Cherbourg," focusing on the youth of the Cotentin peninsula
• Bruce Gilden (Magnum) — "Génération Z Country-Side," documenting young Norman farmers; includes a residency exhibition plus a major retrospective of his 1970s-1980s New York work on Deauville beach, featuring around forty images
• Alain Keler — "Il était une fois Honfleur," a look back at his youth at the Honfleur high school (1961-1964)
• Léo Keler — "Doléances," based on the grievance books from the 2019 Great National Debate preserved in the Normandy archives
• Lise Sarfati — "Nature," exploring both botanical and human nature
• Newsha Tavakolian — "Jeunesse Iranienne," an "off-site" residency from Tehran, drawing on personal archives (1996-1999)
• Tom Wood — "Portraits de Famille," a series created in Normandy

Resonant Exhibitions

• Jeunes Générations, ten years later — an anniversary exhibition of the national photographic commission entrusted to 15 photographers in 2016 (Ministry of Culture / Cnap) · Presqu'île de la Touques
• Génération X — centered on the foundational Magnum project launched by Robert Capa in 1951 regarding post-war youth, echoing the residencies of Bruce Gilden and Cristina De Middel
• 100 years, 2001 — Hans-Peter Feldmann, a series of 101 portraits on the passage of human life, on special loan from the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris · Les Franciscaines
• Le Chaos qui me donne la vie. Atlas d'un pays imaginé — Oleñka Carrasco and La Chica, winners of the 7th Swiss Life Photography and Music Prize

Young Photographic Creation Prize

Four winners, photographers aged 18 to 35, are hosted in residency in Deauville and showcased during the festival; the Jury Prize is awarded during the opening weekend.

• Mathias Benguigui — "Panser nos guerres," on the landscapes and memories of the Battle of Normandy
• Juliette Pavy — "Les Eaux Noires," a photographic investigation into shipwrecks and their toxic legacy
• Flore Prébay — "Les Présents," portraits of caregivers
• Emeline Sauser — "Le Temps d'une nuit"

photo4food Grant

Four photographers in residence selected by the photo4food foundation jury; exhibitions presented on Deauville beach and at Le Point de Vue.

• Claire Adelfang — "Sur le fil," focusing on the Filature Levavasseur (Eure)
• Sylvie Bonnot — "Concordances des liens," on the cliffs and shores of Normandy
• Cécile Genest — "Ōra," the coastal landscape of Normandy
• Tina Merandon — "Soudain la mêlée," on the bonds between young people and dogs in the Norman landscape

The festival also offers meetings, screenings, performances, portfolio reviews, workshops, and educational activities; the detailed schedule for these events has not yet been released by the organizers (source: planchescontact.fr, page accessed August 19, 2026).